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There are many people who are worried about the news that they may have to pay more in the future.



Reporter Shin Yong-sik will elaborate on what must be pointed out in the pension reform process.



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I am starting to worry about whether my pension will remain after retirement even if I pay hard for the insurance premium.



This is because of the estimated result that the remaining fund of 896 trillion won will be depleted in 33 years if left as it is.



In a poll conducted by Hankook Research in July last year, 38% said they thought they would not be able to receive a pension.



By generation, 57% in their 20s and 64% in their 30s.



More than half (55%) of those in their 30s said they would not join if it was not compulsory.



[Kim Yu-ri (24 years old): I wonder if my generation won't get it anymore.

Wouldn't it be much better to take another insurance product or something like that?]



Nevertheless, 86% of those who said they needed the national pension, and 87% said they needed reform.



Although it is uneasy, there is a consensus that the national pension is the minimum safety device that guarantees old age.



In the SBS poll at the beginning of the year, 35.2% said that they should keep the current method, but more than half of them said they needed to change it by paying more, receiving less, or delaying the pension age.



Rather than raising insurance premiums and adjusting only the income replacement rate, it is more important to reform based on public trust.



As of the end of August of last year, the amount of the national pension for elderly subscribers is 580,000 won, but if the basic pension is raised to 400,000 won as promised by the Yoon Seok-yeol government, it is inevitable to say that the national pension has been paid for nothing.



The issue of equity with other pensions also comes up.



[Dr. Yoon Seok-myeong/Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs: In the case of civil servants and military pensions, a huge deficit compensation fund is injected as taxes.

(Regarding this) If you don't present a clear system reform plan...

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It is also important to increase the statutory retirement age, which is tied at 60, to minimize the period without income if the pension age is to be increased.



(Video coverage: Jeon Jeon-bae, Video editing: Choi Hye-young, CG: Lee Jun-ho)



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